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The American Lawyer, the nation's leading legal monthly magazine, ranks Vinson & Elkins' corporate practice area among the top 10 in the nation for Equity by U.S. Corporations in the April 2004 Corporate Scorecard.
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For the third consecutive year, Vinson & Elkins has more lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the guide considered by both the legal profession and corporate in-house counsel as a leading resource to legal excellence in the United States.
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Euromoney's Best of the Best 2004 Expert Guide named four V&E; partners in its list of the 25 best Energy and Natural Resource lawyers in the world.
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Vinson & Elkins ranks 10th nationally in The Bond Buyer's "Top Bond Counsel" list for the first nine months of 2003.
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The 2004-2005 Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers named Vinson & Elkins the #1 Energy and Natural Resources law firm in Texas.
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Vinson & Elkins has been named one of the nation’s best healthcare practices and a leader in 13 practice areas in the 2004-2005 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
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In June 2003, Corporate Board Member magazine recognized Vinson & Elkins in its "America’s Best Corporate Lawyers" survey.
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When it comes to handling the biggest corporate deals, Vinson & Elkins ranks high among the elite international law firms.
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Corporate Counsel magazine named seven V&E; lawyers in their August 2004 issue of “The Best Lawyers in America: International Trade and Finance and Maritime Law.”
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Dallas litigators Brian Robison and Eric Stahl were named to D Magazine’s list of "The Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas."
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Vinson & Elkins was recognized as a “power and oil and gas heavyweight” in the 2004 edition of The European Legal 500, USA Special Edition.
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V&E; partner Jim Loftis is listed in the 2004 edition of Euromoney's Expert Guide to Commercial Arbitration.
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The Future of Litigation magazine selected eight V&E; lawyers to appear in the "Best Lawyers in America: Business Litigation" list in its September 2003 issue.
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The PLC 2002-2003 Global Counsel Competition Law Handbook lists five V&E; litigation partners as recommended counsel.
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The 2003-2004 Global Counsel Handbook on Dispute Resolution has named Vinson & Elkins as one of the two leading go to law firms in Dallas and Houston in major litigation and arbitration matters.
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The PLC 2003-2004 Global Counsel Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook lists Vinson & Elkins as a recommended law firm in the United States and a leading law firm in Houston.
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Euromoney named Vinson & Elkins as the "World's Leading Energy Law Firm."
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Euromoney named Vinson & Elkins as the "Leading Project Finance Law Firm in the United States."
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H Texas magazine included 14 V&E; lawyers on its list of the “Best Lawyers in Houston” in the July 2004 issue.
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Infrastructure Journal's 2003 Year-End League Tables named Vinson & Elkins as the top firm in the world in five categories, including North America, Healthcare and Water by Value and Number of Mandates Won, Oil and Gas by Number of Closed Deals and Value of Mandates Won, and Africa and Middle East by Value of Mandates Won.
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Inside Houston magazine recently recognized seven V&E; lawyers as being among the "Best Lawyers in Houston."
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Edward C. Osterberg, Jr., a partner in Vinson & Elkins' Houston office, is listed as one of the top 12 tax advisors in the Central United States by the London-based International Tax Review in its April 2003 Annual Survey of North American tax advisors.
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V&E; is one of the best represented firms in Texas in The International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers 2004.
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Law Business Research named six V&E; partners in its 2004 issue of The International Who's Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers, which identifies the foremost legal practitioners in the oil and gas field.
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IP Worldwide recognized V&E; as one of the "Leaders of the Pack" in its "Who Protects IP America" survey for 2002.
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The LIVEDGAR 2003 Deal Rankings, published by Global Securities Information Inc. (GSI), ranked Vinson & Elkins sixth in serving as issuer counsel for equity by number of issues with 20 issues totaling $2.3 billion in net proceeds.
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Vinson & Elkins played a pivotal role in the legal aspects of negotiating and structuring the marine industry's "Private Equity Deal of 2002" representing publicly-held Seabulk International Inc. in its $100 million private placement of common stock and related bank financing.
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The National Law Journal survey "Who Represents Corporate America," has listed Vinson & Elkins among the top 20 firms most frequently retained by the 250 largest American industrial companies from 1993 to the present.
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In 2004 Nightingale's Healthcare News, a highly respected industry trade publication, listed Gary Eiland as one of the 12 "Outstanding Fraud and Compliance Lawyers" of the year.
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Petroleum Economist magazine again named Vinson & Elkins as the top law firm for "Best Knowledge of the Global Oil and Gas Sector" in its 2002 Energy Finance Survey.
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Project Finance International named the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline project financing its 2003 Oil & Gas Deal of the Year (Americas).
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Vinson & Elkins played a lead role in the legal aspects of Project Finance magazine's 2002 "European Oil & Gas Deal of the Year."
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Texas Lawyer recently named three V&E; litigation partners to its list of "Go-To" Texas lawyers: Harry Reasoner of Houston, and Bill Sims and Tom Leatherbury of Dallas.
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As published in the October 2004 issue of Texas Monthly magazine, 114 V&E; lawyers have been selected as Texas Super Lawyers, more than any other law firm.
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Thomson Financial ranks Vinson & Elkins among the top four law firms worldwide in dollar value of Worldwide Equity Issuance by U.S. Issuers for 2003, with proceeds of approximately $2.7 billion from 18 deals.
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Denise Scofield, an associate with V&E;, has been named one of five "Outstanding Young Houstonians of 2004" by the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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